InfographicsAn infographic is a visual representation of a concept designed to quickly communicate complex information to the viewer. It may include imagery, graphs and charts - some are even interactive. Students can create infographics to explain, demonstrate, persuade and more. See Teaching with Infographics from the Learning Network for more information.
Students and teachers can use MS PowerPoint and Excel to create an infographics or see 10 Awesome Free Tools to Make Infographics for online options. |
Resources and Tools
Infographic resources from Kathy Schrock:
This site provides a wide variety of resources for using infographics in the classroom - from examples to how-to instructions.
This site provides a wide variety of resources for using infographics in the classroom - from examples to how-to instructions.
Examples
- Cool Infographics – visualizations and infographics from the media and the Internet
- Column Five
- Daily Infographic
- Information is Beautiful – David McCandless
- Infographics at GOOD Magazine – for people who want to live well and do good
- New York Times Infographics
- Submit Infographics
- Show Me Now – illustrated step-by-step tutorials on all kinds of things
- Simple Complexity
- Many Eyes – samples of other people’s work and ways to create your own
- Information Aesthetics
- Visual Complexity
- Visual.ly